Electric-wire support



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Patented Dec. 4, 1928.

CARMLO sALnsAs, orsnlti'ANAmo, ojU/B'A ELEe'rnIe-'Wmn 81117120312 Application filed February -This invent-ion rela-tes to :in improved means for supportingwires charge-(l 'with electricit'yiand one object of the 'invention is to so support| :the wfres thatif one should inany inanner become :broken between the poles upon which they are strung the broken portions will. be-prev'ented frmn'dropping upon the ground between the poles 'with the resultin'g dunger of causing death or serious injurj,'to.r, person upon who-ni .thezlive wire inny fall. .V Another object of the invention is to so :Lrranre the sup portingv means for-'the live wires that they may be prevented fronrdropping upon .the ground in case.. :1v ,break should oceni'- ahd at the sa-ine time prevent loss of current :Lud also pre-ven t'a short Circuit beingifo'rmel. Another object of the invention is to permit c'f the improvei` supi'iorting means being fo'rined from' wire which may be cut t-he'desired length .and easilv and quickly put in l'ilace when the live wires are strung'upon the snppor-tingz poles. This inv-ent-ion is illustrztted in the accompzinyfing di-swing, wherein i Figure. 1 is a perspcctive view illustrating one manner of erect-ing the support-inf; means for the live wires :md showing one of the live wires brol-:en

Fig. Q is a, perspective view illustrating a modified munner of forining the supports for the live wires;

F'ig. 3 is e perspect-i ve view illustrz'tt-ing u further modilication of the supporting means for the live wir^s` and Fig. J; is pe spectivo view of an insidutor used in connect ion with the cross wires shown in Figs. L Z :md 3.

In File. 1` the live wires` l have iii-en shown .supported iu the usuzil nizinner bv means of :L pole i having' ;L cross zu'ni il nt its upper end '.fu'r viu r the usuztl ins'iilzitors 4 with which the wires l :are connected in the usuul niunner by clips 5 which inny consist of short' piw-es of wire. lt will be undcrstood that :i number. of the poles 2 are provided in proper spziced relation'to each other, :ilthough only one hzls been shown in the. druwing. Under present conditions, i'f one of the wires 1 should brezil: between the poles, the Sepzu'ated ends will fall upon the ground und if one of them should drop upon :L person standing or walkingl between the polef,` or if a, person should :iccidentally come in contact with :i ffillen wire there would be dung'er of serious injury und inny be (leuth d ue to clectrocut-ion.

cross wires 7 ;whichextend'itijansversely'be tween: thehmiros l and frefattaehed -tojfthe wire' 6. andy at 'thein endst connected 'with' the wires'--n-.ffniezwire a, -whi-ch may 'b fnnea a. dead Wire asfno .'current psses through it is prefembly :ledt througlifan'fopening 8 'f formedi'the-'upper end 'rtion 'ofeachf'of the poles 2; bovetheeroes aim-ffibntfit wlill be understood thatfitl 'mia/5;I 'bo supported' 'at the polesinenyf desired mzinner,and 'it will be further ;undorstood -thit i it fwill b fir-mly secured` a-t Aits 'ends by rany suitable "rnen's. The cross wires 7 areprefembl of a. strong 'ino-tal :other than coppe-r, -and i these wiresarecovered by insulationwhich: will protect- Vthem' fnom; becominv i "svetlby rain' or snow. After the deald wire or'supporting wi re .Glhas been: strong-from: one 'pole-to'an'-I otherfand -pt'operlytightened,' the 'Wire lfrom whichthe erossf -wires 7. are' fornxedI will' be cutvto fonnstrands iofthe desired' length and each 'cross wirewill 'have its-intermediate portion secured tothe' wire 6 by ;being eitherwrapped' about 'the wire 6' or having a lmot formed. with 'the -wire (3 .'passing througli'tlie knot. .The portions of'the wire '-at oppp-site sides of .the'wire Gare' then extended to'the wires 1 andthe euds ofitheiwire 7 ightly twisted about the insulators :9.earried 'byt-he wires l. v Since the wire. 7 is engalged width insulabors carried by the wires'l, current in the wires 1 cannot pass tol the wires 7 and therefore loss of current. or .the formation of a short circuit is .prevented '-llhe insulators nre foruicd shown in F ig. 421ml rc.- ferrinrf to this iigure'it .will be seen that each includes coxnpanion-sections 10 'adpted' tolbo :vt-cured in .operntive relation to each other by the end portionsof the wires 7. .Ribs '11 are. formed in the wire ieceiving ,Grooves of the] iusulator Sections so that the insulatoi-'s wit have firm grip-ping engegeinent with the wires 1 and not be lizible to slip longitudinally thercon. n nctual use, the wires 7 :tre prefemblv spziced about three feet apart, but it wil be understood thatt-he distance between the cross wires may be varied. It will be rezidilv seen from an inspcction of Fig. l that if one of the wires l should become broken between the supporting poles the llO majoizlportiniof the broken will1 be supported by the cross wires 7 and o nly the portions between the cross wires at oppo site sides of the break-*Will be permitted to hang; downwardly. These depending, l.end portions of the Wire 1 will not be of's'uflicien't length to come in contact with: aperson or vehicle beneath the bro-ken Wire and, therefore, there Will be no ldangerof injury by electlmut-iOn-f z T z ;In Fig. '2, therefhas .been ,illustrated-a modi- 41-. fiedmanner of forming the supporting means tween -the live wires,

tQtprevent-the broken portions of a live Wire from dropping upon vt-he ,ground between the poles,and referring to tliis--iigure it will be seen lthat in -this ;form' the supporting Wire r' or dead wirezof Fig.1-has'been eliminated;

`end ofthis-insulated Wire is twisted about an insulator carriedby one of the'live wires 1 and the supporting wire is then extended beas shown at 12, and coiledabout .an-insulatorcarried by the second li've .wire lAfter the insulated Wire has been.tightly.en'gaged With the. second live wire,.it-l -is extended diagonally between the z; wires, asshown at13,'and tightly coiled about the secondflive'- Wire.

a;second-.insulator carried by the first live Wire and'then again extended between the live wires to form a second cross strand 12 and engaged with. another insulator carried by This is repeated until a suitable number of cross wires 12 connected by 'diagonal wires or fsections 13 have been forinedbetween the poles. In this form the cross wires 12 which take the place of the cross wires V7 are firmly held in engagement With the live wires and are not only prevented from slipping longitudinallyof the live wires by the ribs 11 ofthe insulators but also by the diagonally extending portions or brace wires 13. It will be obvious that if one of the live wires should break between the cross wires 12 the Wire at opposite sides of the break Will be supported by the cross wires and prevented from dropping upon the ground.

. In Fig. 3, there has been shown a pole carrying four wires, all of which are live wires, but it will be understood that this number may be increased if so desired. The wires V9 carried by the 14, which correspond to the wires l7, are formedof insulated Wire and each has its intermediate portioncoiled about insulators intermediate live wires and has its endsengaged with insulators carried by the iitr live wires in the same manner that the ends of th e wires 7 are secured to the live wires. It will be understood that if found desirable the wires may be twisted about the insulators to hold their Sections in firm engagement"with-each.other and in tight gripping engagement With the wires 1. In the form shown'in F ig. 3 it is not necessary to provide a `.dead Wire, corresponding to the Wire 6, as the intermediate live wires will take the place of :a dead Wire and serve very effectively-to support ,the cross wires. Offcoixrse, if a break. s'houldroccur in one of'thetintermedia-te live wires, the disconnected end portions between'the poles will be: supported by the cross wires 'iin thesame manner that a broken outerrliv'e Wire Would be supported and onlyshort-end portions of the broken Wire would hang downwardly towards the ground.

It. will, there'fore, be seen that there has been provided a vvery effective means for supporting the live wires between poles upon which .they are strung and that each of the various forms illustrated includes'cross wires which are firmly anchoredl'to the live wires in insulated relation thereto so that if a break occurs there vwill be nol danger of a live Wire falling upon the ground between the poles and causing -death' or-.serious injury to persons passing between the poles. Having thus' described claim:

A support including a standard, a cross the invention, I

arm carried byzsaid standard, and insulators carried by and projecting from'the cross arm at opposite sides of the standard, line conductor wires spaced transversely from each othei` and connected with said insulators, a dead supporting Wire extending between said conductor wires in spaced parallel relation thereto and supported from said standard above said cross arm, opposed insulators carried by said conductor wires and spaced longitudinally thereof, and cross wires extending between said conductor vwires with their intermediate portions secured to the supporting Wire and their ends secured about the insulators carried by the conductor wires.

In testimony vWhereof I aflix my. signature.

CARMELO SALESAS. [1.. s.]

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